Feb 04, 2025 City Planning Commission Meetings

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UH, FEBRUARY 4TH, 2025, MEETING OF THE RICHARDSON CITY PLAN COMMISSION.

UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSISTS OF RICHARDSON RESIDENTS APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

UH, THERE ARE SEVEN REGULAR MEMBERS AND TWO ALTERNATES ON THE COMMISSION.

ONLY SEVEN MEMBERS WILL VOTE ON AN ISSUE, ALTHOUGH ALL MEMBERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSIONS AND DELIBERATIONS.

UM, TONIGHT WE HAVE, UH, EIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, IN ATTENDANCE.

UH, COMMISSIONER PURDY IS THE ALTERNATE, SO, UH, HE CAN PARTICIPATE, BUT HE CAN'T VOTE ON THE ITEMS TONIGHT.

UH, SO THIS IS A BUS, UH, BUSINESS MEETING.

AND SO WE JUST REQUEST THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY TURN OFF THEIR CELL PHONES, INCLUDING ME, I THINK .

UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, ONE SHORT AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING.

IT'S, UM, PROCEEDED BY A STAFF INTRODUCTION OF THE REQUEST, AND THEN THE APPLICANT IS PERMITTED 15 MINUTES, UH, TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION, AND THEY CAN RESERVE ANY, UH, THEIR TIME FOR A FINAL REBUTTAL.

UH, ANY TIME SPENT ANSWERING QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION IS NOT COUNTED AGAINST THE APPLICANT, AND THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OR IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST, UM, WILL, UH, BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES EACH.

UH, BUT IF YOU'VE GOT ORGANIZED GROUPS AND YOU'RE ALL HERE WITH THE SAME, UH, BASIC MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE NICE IF YOU COULD SELECT REPRESENTATIVES, UH, TO MAYBE, UH, GIVE YOUR MESSAGE.

UH, WE'RE NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN WE REPETITION.

UH, WE'RE KIND OF INTERESTED IN UNIQUE, UM, ARGUMENTS.

UM, UH, SO THAT WOULD HELP US, UH, TO GET THROUGH THE MEETING QUICKER.

UM, AFTER, UH, A BRIEF REBUTTAL BY THE APPLICANT, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CLOSED AND NO FURTHER PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL BE PERMITTED.

UH, AND THEN THE COMMISSION WILL, UM, MAKE A DECISION.

UH, WE'RE JUST A RECOMMENDING BODY.

WE'RE NOT THE FINAL APPROVAL HERE.

UH, ANYTHING WHETHER IT'S A RECOMMENDED TO APPROVE OR DENY, THAT GOES ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEY HAVE THE FINAL SAY.

UH, SO OUR PRE PROCEEDINGS ARE RECORDED.

SO IF YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, UM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, UH, FOR THE RECORD.

OKAY.

SO THAT'S, UH, THOSE ARE THE RULES.

AND SO WE'LL GET ON WITH THE AGENDA.

UM, ITEM

[1. Approval of minutes of the regular business meetings of January 7, 2025, and January 21, 2025.]

UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR, UM, CORRECTIONS IN THE, UH, IN THIS, UH, BRIEFING SESSION, SO I'D MAKE A MOVE MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH OF THOSE, UH, MINUTES AS PRESENTED.

COMMISSIONER CONSTANTINO, I, I DIDN'T TURN MINE OFF.

OH, I'M SORRY.

COMMISSIONER SUTHER.

OH, OKAY.

YEAH, I, I WAS LOOKING AT YOU WITH THE LIGHT RIGHT AT THE, UNDER YOUR EYE.

.

I, I WILL SECOND YOUR MOTION.

OKAY.

UH, I HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, AND THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

UH, SO NOW WE GET ONTO OUR

[2. Zoning File 25-02 Major Modification – Staycation: Consider and act on a request for major modifications to the development standards of the West Spring Valley PD Planned Development District on approximately 0.44 acres located at the northeast corner of S. Floyd Road and James Drive, to allow the expansion of an existing 1,281 square foot building for a coffee shop. Owner: BSI Investments LLC. Staff: Amber Pollan.]

GREAT.

OKAY.

GOOD EVENING.

SO, UM, THIS PUBLIC HEARING ITEM IS, UM, ZONING FILE 25 0 2 FOR A SPECIAL, UH, OR FOR A, MY MAJOR MODIFICATION FOR A STAYCATION, UM, AT 7 0 7 SOUTH FLOYD ROAD.

UM, SO THIS, UH, IS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FLOYD ROAD AND JAMES STREET IS A SUBJECT PROPERTY.

UM, IT'S, UH, IT'S ZONED THE WEST SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

UM, AND IT IS A REQUEST FOR MAJOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THAT, UM, PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE, UM, SOME HISTORY ON THE SITE, THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1958 AS AN AUTO REPAIR AUTO, UM, CELLS, UH, USE.

AND IT'S, UM, BEEN THAT FOR THE MAJORITY OF, UH, ITS, ITS LIFE.

AND THEN IN, UM, AS FAR AS ZONING IN 2001, THEN THAT'S WHEN THE WEST SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT WAS ADOPTED, UM, AND STARTED APPLYING IN THIS AREA IN 2020 IS THE MOST RECENT, UM, MAJOR CHANGE ON THE PROPERTY.

AND THAT WAS WHEN A MAJOR MODIFICATION WAS APPROVED FOR A PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO.

UM, THE, SO THIS IS A VIEW OF THE, UM, PROPERTY CURRENTLY WHEN IT FOLLOWING THAT

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SO THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING FROM FLOYD.

SO THAT, UH, SO IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO, THE USE ITSELF ISN'T ALLOWED USE ALLOWED BY RIGHT.

SIMILAR TO THIS CASE WITH A RESTAURANT.

UM, BUT WHEN THERE ARE, UH, THE STRUCTURE OR ELEMENTS ARE CONSIDERED NON-CONFORMING, THEN UM, IT DOES REQUIRE THERE'S, UH, THRESHOLDS THAT THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES IT TO COME THROUGH A MAJOR MODIFICATION.

SO, UM, IN THE CASE OF THIS BUILDING, UH, THEN NON-CONFORMING APPLIED TO THE BUILDING HEIGHT AS WELL AS THE BUILD TO ZONE REQUIREMENTS.

SO THE, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING BUILDING SITS, IT DOES SIT 43 FEET OFF OF FLOYD ROAD, 60 FEET OFF OF JAMES STREET.

THE BUILD TO ZONE WAS ENVISIONED BY THE CODE TO ENCOURAGE, UM, NEW DEVELOPMENT AND, AND REDEVELOPMENT TO, UM, PUSH BUILDINGS FOR CLOSER UP TO THE STREET.

AND THEN THE BUILDING HEIGHT REGULATION WAS FOR, UM, A MINIMUM OF TWO STORIES.

AND THEN IN THIS LOCATION TRANSITIONING INTO THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS, A MAXIMUM OF TWO STORIES.

SO A TWO STORY HEIGHT THAT WOULD, UM, START ESTABLISHING, UH, THE BUILDING WALL AND AS, AS REDEVELOPMENT STARTED OCCURRING IN, IN THIS AREA.

UM, AS THE PROPOSAL IS TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING HEIGHT AND, UM, THE EXISTING SETBACKS OFF OF THOSE BILL TWO ZONES, THEN THAT IS CONSIDERED A MAJOR MODIFICATION.

SO IT HAS TO COME THROUGH, UM, THE PROCESS IN THIS CASE JUST AS IT DID IN, IN 2020.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING HERE, IT HAS A, A MIX OF MATERIALS, UM, THAT ARE PART OF THAT, THAT HISTORY FROM ITS, UM, CONSTRUCTION IN THE FIFTIES.

UH, THE 2020, UM, ADDITION WAS INCLUDED REPLACING THE BAY DOORS WITH, UH, WITH, UH, WITH THE BAY DOORS THAT ARE FUNCTIONING THAT, UM, HAVE THE APPEARANCE LIKE A STOREFRONT WINDOW, BUT DO ALLOW THE SPACE TO BE OPENED UP.

AND THEN THIS IS THE VIEW OF THE SOUTH FACADE FROM JAMES STREET.

SO ANOTHER AREA OF MAJOR MODIFICATION IN 2020 AS WELL AS IN, UM, THIS SCENARIO IS, UH, THE LOCATION OF THE PARKING.

SO WHEN WE WANT THE BUILDINGS MOVED OUT TO THE STREET, THEN WE WANT THE PARKING TO BE MOVED TO THE SIDE OR BEHIND THE BUILDING.

UM, THIS SITE, AS YOU SAW FROM, UH, THE AUTO USES, IT WAS FULLY PAVED AROUND THE, UM, THE STREET FRONTAGES.

SO THEY HAVE, UH, ADDED BACK IN SOME LANDSCAPING, REMOVED SOME OF THAT PAVING AREA.

UM, BUT THIS, UH, WAS APPROVED IN 2020 TO REMAIN AS THE PARKING AREA FOR THIS SITE.

AND THEY'RE WANTING TO, UM, MAINTAIN THAT THIS IS A VIEW OF THE OPEN AREA IN, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

AND THAT, UM, SO AS FAR AS THE EXISTING SITE, IT IS, UM, JUST UNDER HALF AN ACRE AND HAS A BUILDING THAT'S, UH, 1,269 SQUARE FEET.

IT IS SINGLE STORY AND HAS, UM, WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE EIGHT PARKING SPACE, PARKING AREA.

SO THE PROPOSAL IS AN ADDITION THAT WOULD BE 454 SQUARE FEET.

UM, SO WITH THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT CODE, ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THAT CODE IS IF, UH, THE, WITH AN LEGALLY EXISTING NON-CONFORMING BUILDING AS FAR AS THE SETBACKS, DOING AN ADDITION ON THAT, ON THE STAFF LEVEL, AN ADDITION UP TO 15% OF THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT CAN BE APPROVED ON THE STAFF LEVEL.

UM, MORE THAN THAT, 15% COMES UNDER REVIEW BY, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION AND, AND CITY COUNCIL.

SO THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE ADDITION.

AND THEN, UM, THE USE ITSELF, SO THE PARKING, UH, REQUIREMENT IS ONCE STALL PER 250 SQUARE FEET.

SO THE REQUIREMENT WITH THE ADDITION WOULD BE FOR SEVEN STALLS.

AND SO THE EIGHT STALL PARKING LOT WOULD MEET THAT, THAT MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.

UM, THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING PATIO AREAS THAT WOULD, UM, BE ADDITIONAL SEATING AND, UM, INCLUDE SHADE STRUCTURES, SOME LIGHTING ON THE, THE EAST AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

THE USE ITSELF IS FOR A RESTAURANT.

SO AS, UM, YOU SAW STAYCATION AS THE APPLICANT ON THIS, THEY ARE RELOCATING FROM THEIR, UM, CURRENT LOCATION AT 2 0 1 SOUTH TEXAS STREET.

AND SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO, UM, MOVE TO THE SITE.

SOME OF THE ASPECTS THEY LIKED ABOUT THIS SITE WAS, UM, HAVING SOME YARD AREA IN A COMMERCIAL, UH, LOCATION THAT THEY, UH, COULD USE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, BRING SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT THEY HAVE AT THEIR CURRENT LOCATION.

SO THE OUTSIDE SEATING, UM, BEING ABLE TO HAVE, UH, AN AREA THAT THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME, A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, FENCING OR ENCLOSURE TO SO PEOPLE CAN COME WITH KIDS WITH PETS AND BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, HAVE A SPACE THAT, UM, FOLKS CAN COME AND ENJOY.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, STAYCATION IS A, A COFFEE SHOP, SO A RESTAURANT THAT'S CONSIDERED A RESTAURANT IN THE CODE AS FAR AS THE LAND USE,

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AND, UM, THEY, UH, AT THIS LOCATION WOULD, WOULD POTENTIALLY BE LOOKING AT EXPANDING, UM, HOURS, UH, MAYBE ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS AS WELL AS, UH, LIKE FOOD OFFERINGS, UH, SMALL PLATES, UM, SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL SERVICE THAT WAY.

SO THAT IS PART OF THE REASON FOR THE ADDITION PROPOSAL ITSELF, IS TO TAKE THE EXISTING SPACE THAT'S BEEN PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO WAS PRETTY MINIMAL INSIDE TO, UM, ALLOW FOR, UH, AREAS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY TO DO AN ADDITION THAT WOULD, UM, EXPAND AT A SOME KITCHEN AREA AS WELL AS, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, BATHROOMS SPACES FOR THIS SITE.

SO THIS IS HOW THE ADDITION WOULD LAY OUT ON THE SITE.

SO THIS BEING THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

SO THIS, UM, AGAIN, NO CHANGE TO THE, THE SETBACK OFF OF THE FLOYD SIDE AND THEN THE, THE JAMES STREET, THE JAMES STREET SIDE.

UM, THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING AT THIS EAST SIDE.

SO THEY WOULD BE ADDING A DOOR.

THERE'S CURRENTLY A WINDOW AND THIS SIDE, THEY WANNA ADD A DOOR HERE SO THAT, UM, THAT PATRONS COULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

AND THEN THERE'S, UM, SEATING AREAS ALONG THAT, UM, NORTH SIDE.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE, THE CONCEPT OF SHADE STRUCTURES, UM, AS WELL AS THE PLANS THAT SHOWED LIGHTING AND ELEMENTS.

SO IT MAKE IT, UM, COMFORTABLE AND TIE INTO THE RESTAURANT.

SO FOR THIS AREA, IT IS, UM, PART OF THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AREA OF THE ENVISION RICHARDSON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR.

SO THAT IS GEARED TOWARDS AREAS THAT ARE TRANSITIONING FROM REGIONAL TRAFFIC LIKE LONG 75, UM, INTO, UM, SMALLER RETAIL DESTINATIONS.

UH, DOES, UH, CONSIDER RETAIL AND RESTAURANT AS A PRIMARY USE OF THE AREA, THE WEST SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT APPLIES.

UM, AS FAR AS THE ZONING, THE GENERAL IDEA OF THIS PLAN, AND THIS GOES FROM THIS LOCATION ALONG 75 ALONG WEST SPRING VALLEY OVER TO COY ROAD, UM, WAS TO ENCOURAGE A VARIETY OF CREATIVE BUILDING AND DESIGN SOLUTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THESE STANDARDS.

AND THEN, UM, TO ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL SPACES TO BE ABLE TO BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED, THEY WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY TO, UM, ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT USES AND CHANGES IN REDEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT TIME.

UH, THIS AREA SPECIFICALLY IN WHAT'S CALLED THE SUBDISTRICT A AND, UM, THE INTENT STATEMENT FOR THAT, THIS LOCATION IS TO ENCOURAGE A VARIETY OF USES AT LOW AND MID-RISE INTENSITY TO PROVIDE A TRANSITION TO THE NEARBY SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO TO, UM, SPECIFICALLY GO OVER THE, UH, THE REQUEST THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

SO LIKE, AS I MENTIONED, THE THE USES A RESTAURANT IS ALLOWED, THAT'S ALLOWED BY WRIGHT, UM, USING THE PROPERTY.

UM, THERE'S NOT A QUESTION AS FAR AS, UH, A RESTAURANT USE, UM, BUT THE ITEMS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THE COMMISSION'S REVIEW IS THE BUILDING ADDITION ITSELF.

SO IN ADDITION OF, UM, TO THE NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE THAT'S OVER THAT 15% THRESHOLD, THE 454 SQUARE FEET IS, UM, A 36% THRESHOLD.

SO YOU'D BE THERE 36% ADDITION.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT, UM, THIS ADDITION, UH, IS STILL APPROPRIATE TO THE BUILDING AND THE SITE AMENDING THE AREA REGULATIONS TO ALLOW THE ADDITION THAT, UM, NOT MEETING THE BUILD TWO ZONE.

SO AS I MENTIONED, THAT BUILD TWO ZONE IS GEARED TOWARDS GETTING THE BUILDING, UH, WITHIN THAT EIGHT TO 18 FEET FROM THE STREET.

UH, SO THEY'RE PROPOSING TO THE ADDITION ON THE, THE BACKSIDE OF THE BUILDING.

UM, BUT THAT DOES, UM, ALLOW THEM TO MAINTAIN SOME OF THE EXISTING BUILDING FEATURES AND AS WELL AS OPENING THE SITE FOR, UM, THEIR OUTSIDE SEATING AREAS.

UH, THIS, UH, NUMBER THREE, AMENDING THE PARKING REGULATIONS TO ALLOW THE PARKING AREA TO REMAIN BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND JAMES STREET.

THEY WANNA KEEP THE PARKING AREA AS IT'S CURRENTLY LOCATED, AS OPPOSED TO RELOCATING IT ON THE SITE.

UM, AND THEN THIS, UM, WEST SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR.

UH, AS FAR AS FENCING, IT WANTS TO HAVE, UM, TRANSPARENCY IN THE FENCING, TYPICALLY, UM, AT LEAST 50% TRANSPARENCY IN FENCING.

UM, SO THEY ARE REQUESTING A SOLID WOOD FENCE ON THAT, UM, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT OUTSIDE AREA, UM, ON THE SIDE, THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, SO UP TO FOUR FEET.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, INCLUDING THOSE OUTDOOR SEATING, OVERHEAD SHADING DEVICES AND OUTDOOR LIGHTING AND PAINTED MURALS AS THEY'VE DEPICTED.

SO SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL SITE ELEMENTS THAT MAY NOT BE, UM, SPECIFICALLY COVERED IN THE CODE.

AND THEN AMENDING THE BILLING HEIGHT REGULATIONS TO ALLOW FOR THIS SINGLE STORY HEIGHT TO BE MAINTAINED.

AND THEN, UM, THE WALKUP WINDOW, AS WAS INDICATED, IS FOR, UM, PEDESTRIAN USE.

SO THERE'S NOT ANY KIND OF, UM, DRIVE THROUGH OR DRIVE ABUSE ON

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SO, UM, AS FAR AS IN SUMMARY, UH, AS YOU SAW IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, YOU HAVE, UH, THESE, THESE SPECIAL CONDITIONS THAT COULD BE PART OF A MOTION TO APPROVE.

UM, SO THEY'RE LISTED HERE THAT, UH, SHOULD YOU RECOMMEND APPROVAL, THEN THE PROPERTY WOULD BE DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONCEPT PLANS THAT WERE PROVIDED.

SO THE SITE PLAN AND THE ELEVATIONS, AND THEN, UM, INCLUDING THE SITE ELEMENTS THAT WE'VE COVERED THAT ARE UNDER THE MAJOR MODIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, SO THAT BEING THE, UM, THE PARKING LOCATION, UH, THE FENCING, UM, THE MISCELLANEOUS ELEMENTS OF THE SITE, LIKE THE OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS, AND THEN EXISTING ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE A PART OF, UM, THE PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO, LIKE THE PLANTERS AND PAVERS, AND THEN THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS BEING, UH, ALLOWING THAT SINGLE STORY HEIGHT AND UM, THE WALK UP WINDOW.

SO I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE AND, UH, WOULD BE AVAILABLE.

UM, ONE OF THE, UM, COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED IN OUR PACKAGE, UH, WAS ABOUT NOISE, UM MM-HMM .

AND I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING REALLY ABOUT HOURS OF OPERATION OR, YOU KNOW, IT WAS INTENT FOR MUSIC AND THAT SORT OF THING.

DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON ANY OF THOSE TOPICS? YEAH, I DO.

AND AS FAR AS THE, THE USE, THE MAJOR MODIFICATION IS REALLY SPECIFICALLY TO JUST DESIGN GUIDELINES.

IT DOESN'T COVER ANY OF THOSE USE, UM, ALLOWANCES.

SO USE WOULD THINGS LIKE, UM, SOUND OR MUSIC, UM, THOSE ITEMS WOULD FALL TOWARDS FALL TO THE CODE.

SO LIKE, UH, NOISE STANDARDS, UM, NUISANCE LEVELS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, AS FAR AS THAT, BUT UM, BUT YEAH, THEY ARE LOOKING AT, UH, POTENTIALLY EXPANDING TO, UM, HOURS THAT MIGHT 7:00 AM IN THE MORNING TO POTENTIALLY 9:00 AM AT NIGHT ON WEEK NIGHTS.

AND THEN, UM, 10:00 PM ON WEEKENDS.

UM, UH, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE LOCATION, THEY ARE ADJACENT TO 75 AND THERE'S NOISE.

THEY HAVE, UM, INDOOR, UH, AMBIENT MUSIC IN THEIR CURRENT LOCATIONS.

THEY LOOKED TO PROBABLY HAVE SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES IS WHAT THEY'VE INDICATED TO HAVE SOME, UM, AMBIENT MUSIC AND THINGS AS PART OF THEIR SITE, BUT IT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE CONTROLLED AND, AND MANAGED TO NOT BE LIKE A ALLOWED, UM, ALLOWED NUISANCE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

SO YOU GOT CERTAIN DECIBEL RATINGS, RIGHT? MM-HMM .

FOR NOISE STANDARDS IN THE CODE ALREADY THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO ABIDE BY.

RIGHT.

ESPECIALLY NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

MM-HMM .

UH, HOW ABOUT LIGHTING AND SPILLAGE FROM LIGHTS? AGAIN, I'M THINKING OF THE NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH.

MM-HMM .

YEAH, LIKEWISE, THAT DOES FALL TO THE CODE STANDARDS.

SO WHAT THE, UM, THE LUMEN OR THE LIGHT STANDARDS AT THE PROPERTY LINE.

SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE FOLLOWING THOSE STANDARDS.

AND THAT WOULD BE COVERED IN DESIGN REVIEW OR YES.

SITE PLAN REVIEW.

RIGHT.

YEAH, I THINK THAT YOU SAW IN THE CONCEPT PLANS, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT, THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, CAFE LIGHT STRONG AND THINGS LIKE, SO THINGS THAT THERE COULD BE SOME POTENTIAL THEY COULD, UM, REVIEW IF THEY'RE FOR CONCERNS AT SOME POINT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS, BUT IT WOULD BE, UM, REVIEWED JUST LIKE ANY OTHER USE BY, UH, WHAT THE ALLOWANCE IS AT THE PROPERTY LINE.

MM-HMM .

FOR LIFE'S VILLAGE.

MM-HMM .

AND, UH, ANOTHER COMMENT WE RECEIVED WAS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND TRAFFIC, FOOT TRAFFIC IN THE AREA MM-HMM .

AND POTENTIALLY, UM, IMPROVING THE CROSSWALKS, UM, AT JAMES ACROSS FLOYD.

MM-HMM .

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN THE PACKAGE THAT MAYBE DESCRIBES THAT AS IT EXISTS TODAY? YEAH, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE, THERE IS A, UM, CROSSING THAT'S LOCATED HERE, RIGHT BY THE PROPERTY ITSELF THAT GOES ACROSS THE, UM, THE STREET.

IT'S MARKED WITH THE SIGNAGE THAT, THAT'S THE CROSSING AREA.

UM, SO IT, AT SOME POINT WE, WE WOULD LIKELY HAVE THIS INTERSECTION, UM, WHERE THE SIDEWALK COMES THROUGH THERE.

RIGHT NOW IT HAS IT RAMPS LIKE AS THEY NORMALLY DO.

SO, UM, SO RAMPS LIKE TO COME ACROSS AND ACROSS THIS WAY, UM, WOULD BE MODIFIED TO SPECIFICALLY JUST GO ACROSS TO THIS INTERSECTION.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS SPECIFICALLY STRIP THERE AND SIGN THERE.

SO YEAH, IT IS SIGNED THERE.

UM, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE ACROSS OTHER WAYS, ESPECIALLY SOME WHEN THERE'S CHURCH TRAFFIC AND THINGS THAT WAY, SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE, UM, AN ENFORCEMENT, AN ENFORCEMENT.

BUT AS FAR AS, UM, SIGNALING AND THE, OR NOT SIGNALING, BUT LIKE, UM, IMPROVEMENT,

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OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UH, SO NOW, UH, WE'LL I WOULD ASK THE, UH, APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD AND PLEASE MAKE THEIR STATEMENTS.

SO GOOD EVENING.

UM, AMBER, THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH ALL THE TECHNICAL STUFF.

UM, 'CAUSE YOU'RE MUCH BETTER AT THAT THAN I AM.

THANK ALL OF Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE.

UM, SO I, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO TELL THE STORY OF STAYCATION AND KIND OF GIVE, AND NICOLE YOU HAVE TO TELL US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

OH, NICOLE GREGORY .

MY NAME IS NICOLE GREGORY, UM, OWNER OF STAYCATION.

UH, DID YOU SAY ADDRESS? 2 0 1 SOUTH TEXAS STREET.

UH, RICHARDSON.

UM, AND YEAH, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE THE STORY OF STAYCATION AND GIVE A LITTLE, UM, INSIGHT INTO WHY THIS LOCATION AND WHY UM, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON IT.

UH, THE LOCATION WE'RE CURRENTLY AT WAS A SMALL HOME AND MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY WHEN I DECIDED TO GO IN AND SAY, HEY, I'M GONNA TURN THIS INTO A COFFEE SHOP.

UM, WITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS AND MY TWO HANDS, WE LAID EVERY TILE IN THAT PLACE.

WE SPREAD THE ROCK IN THE BACKYARD, WE BUILT THE BACK DECK, UM, ALL OURSELVES.

AND TO BEGIN WITH, STAYCATION HAS STARTED OUT WITH SO MUCH LOVE AND SO MUCH HARD WORK AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY OF RICHARDSON HAS JUST FOLLOWED IN THOSE STEPS AND IT'S REALLY GROWN INTO SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, INCREDIBLY SPECIAL.

I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY BEEN THERE AND SO, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT WHAT I THINK IS PROBABLY THE MOST SPECIAL IS THE DIVERSITY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S IN THAT SPACE.

AND ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU CAN COME IN AND SEE A COLLEGE STUDENT OR YOU COULD SEE A MOM WITH HER CHILDREN OUT BACK IN THE BACKYARD.

UM, AND PEOPLE GATHER THERE AND IT TRULY DOES.

I KNOW A LOT OF OUR REGULARS REFER TO IT AS THEIR CHEERS BECAUSE YOU WALK IN AND EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME.

AND SO IT'S REALLY BEEN THIS BEAUTIFUL SPACE, UM, THERE ON THE EAST SIDE.

AND SO WHEN I GOT WORD THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE, UM, I HAD TO CHOOSE WAR PEACE , AND I CHOSE PEACE 'CAUSE I WANNA STAY HERE IN RICHARDSON AND I WANNA BE A PART OF ITS GROWTH AND I WANT TO GROW WITH THE CITY.

AND I TOLD ALL OF OUR REGULARS CHOOSE PEACE , AND LET'S TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A HOME FOR US THAT, UH, FITS THE SAME, THE SAME FEELING AND THE SAME UM, SPACE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

AND SO A BIG PART OF WHY WE CHOSE 7 0 7 FLOYD STREET IS, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE BUILDING IN ITSELF IS SO CHARMING AND I LOVE THE LIGHT THAT POURS THROUGH.

I THINK THAT'S A HUGE THING IN STAYCATION.

WE GET A LOT OF NATURAL LIGHT.

AND SO IT JUST CREATES THIS REALLY, UM, LOVELY AMBIANCE.

BUT THE YARD FOR ME WAS A HUGE POOL, UM, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN, UM, ALL OF OUR FAMILIES THAT COME OUT THERE, UM, EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK AND ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS.

AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE LOOKING OUT AND SEEING ALL THESE KIDS RUNNING AROUND WITH EACH OTHER AND MAKING NEW FRIENDS, BUT THEN TO SEE THE PARENTS BEING ABLE TO JUST TAKE A BREAK AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE AND SHARING COMMUNITY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE GETS A CHANCE TO.

AND SO THE YARD ON THIS PROPERTY IS REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL AND REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE PROJECT.

AND I THINK IT'S, UM, RARE TO FIND A SPACE THAT HAS THIS.

AND SO I KNOW THE FENCE WAS MENTIONED AND THAT'S JUST SO THAT LITTLE STONE RUN OUT INTO THE PARKING LOT OR THE STREET JUST TO MAINTAIN A SAFER AREA FOR FAMILIES TO FEEL COMFORTABLE, UH, BEING AT.

AND OUR DESIRE IS FOR, EVEN THOUGH WE'D BE RIGHT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, UM, AND NOT IN DOWNTOWN, OUR DESIRE IS TO MAINTAIN THE SAME COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE BUILT OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, UM, TO PROVIDE THE SAME VIBE AND THE SAME ENERGY.

AND THE ADDITION WILL BE FOR A SMALL KITCHEN IF ANYONE'S BEEN TO STAYCATION.

YOU KNOW, THE SPACE IS REALLY SMALL AND SO , MY GARAGE SERVES AS OUR STORAGE

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SO IT'LL BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BUILDING THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORTS, UM, NOT ONLY WHAT WE CURRENTLY ARE, BUT THE GROWTH OF WHAT WE WANT TO BE.

AND THE KITCHEN WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE JUST OTHER FOOD OPTIONS AND HOT BREAKFAST AND, UM, WE INTEND TO STAY OPEN A LITTLE LATER SO THAT PEOPLE CAN COME AND ENJOY IT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

SO ALL IN ALL, UM, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS OUR BEST LOCATION, UM, PICK TO BE ABLE TO STAY A PART OF THE RICHARDSON COMMUNITY AS THEY REDEVELOP WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY AT.

SO I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION AND THIS IS WHAT I SENT OVER TO AMBER.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO YOU ARE PLANNING NEW, UH, TO PLANNING TO PLANT NEW TREES? WE WOULD LIKE TO, YEAH.

UM, I HAVE NOT, I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THAT YET WITH LIKE THE CITY, BUT YEAH, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET SOME TREES OUT THERE.

YEAH.

UM, YEAH, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU PICKED ANYTHING YET OR NOT YET.

SIZE OF THE TREES OR YEAH.

ANYTHING LIKE THAT YET.

UM, AND WHAT, WHAT ABOUT THE TRANSITION FROM DOWNTOWN CORE DISTRICT TO HEIGHTS AND WEST SIDE AND YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT YOUR BUSINESS DO YOU THINK? THE REALLY COOL PART IS THAT A LOT OF OUR REGULARS ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE HEIGHTS.

AND SO, UM, A LOT OF THEM ARE EXCITED BECAUSE WE'LL ACTUALLY BE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE SOME REGULARS THAT ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT AT ALL BECAUSE WE WILL NOT BE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE ANYMORE.

UM, AND WHILE WE REALLY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN THAT DOWNTOWN AREA AND BE A PART OF ITS GROWTH, THERE WAS JUST NO BUILDING THAT PROVIDED A GOOD SOLUTION TO BE ABLE TO STILL MAINTAIN OUR FAMILIES.

UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEM SIT OFF OF PRETTY MAJOR ROADS.

UM, NONE OF THEM HAVE YARD SPACE.

AND SO FOR US IT MADE MORE SENSE TO KIND OF MAKE THIS TRADE OF MOVING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, BUT STILL BEING ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT YARD SPACE.

YEAH.

AND, AND, AND HOW DO YOU SEE FITTING IN WITH THAT DISTRICT WITH THE, UM, THE TRUCK YARD, POTENTIALLY THE TRUCK YARD GOING IN AND THE RESTAURANT ROW AND ALL THAT? MM-HMM .

I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S GONNA BE A REALLY GREAT ADDITION TO IT.

I THINK, UM, OUR CONCEPT IS UNIQUE IN THE FACT FIRST OF ALL, THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST WE'RE A COFFEE SHOP.

AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOTHING IN THAT DISTRICT IN THAT AREA THAT IS A COFFEE SHOP.

UM, AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENT THAT A TRUCK YARD GOES IN, I THINK IT'S A REALLY NEAT THING WHEN YOU HAVE THIS WALKABLE AREA WHERE, OH, I CAN GO HERE AND UM, YOU KNOW, GRAB A LITTLE BITE AND THEN I CAN JUST WALK RIGHT OVER ACROSS THE PARKING LOT AND GRAB A BEER.

AND I THINK IT ADDS FOR JUST VARIETY AND THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE.

SO I SEE IT AS BEING A REALLY GREAT ADDITION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT AREA.

YEAH.

JUST SO I MAKE SURE I GET THIS RIGHT, YOU ARE PLANNING TO BE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK? THAT'S THE PLAN.

YEAH.

AND THEN WITH THE HOURS THAT AMBER GAVE? YEAH, PROBABLY, UM, NINE THROUGH THE WEEKDAYS AND LIKE AROUND 10:00 PM ON THE WEEKENDS.

YEAH.

OKAY.

MM-HMM .

ALRIGHT.

COMMISSIONER SOUTHERN.

YES.

UM, IT, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU HAVE DEVELOPED, UH, KIND OF A UNIQUE COFFEE SHOP IN THAT YOU'RE A DESTINATION RATHER THAN A, I'M GONNA STOP BY THERE ON THE WAY TO WORK.

UM, SO GOOD FOR YOU, .

THANK YOU.

UM, ONE OF, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, DO, DO YOU HAVE A FEELING FOR WHAT SORT OF RADIUS YOU DRAW CUSTOMERS FROM NOW AND, AND HOW THAT WOULD OVERLAY WITH WHERE YOU'D NEED TO DRAW CUSTOMERS, UH, IN THE NEW LOCATION? I MEAN, RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING.

I THINK AS WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF STAYCATION RIGHT NOW, AS IN A LOT OF CONVERSATION I'M HEARING, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE DRIVEN IN CONSISTENTLY FROM FORT WORTH EVERY WEEKEND JUST TO COME AND SIT AT STAYCATION AND HAVE COFFEE.

UM, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE IN FROM DALLAS, WE HAVE REGULARS THAT COME DAILY THAT DRIVE IN FROM MCKINNEY.

UM, AND SO I, I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING.

'CAUSE I REALLY THINK THE PLACE THAT HAS BEEN BUILT

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AND SO I HOPE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, KEEPING AND ALSO GAINING, UH, ADDITIONAL LOCALS, YOU KNOW, SO IT'LL BE FUN TO BE CLOSE TO, UH, THE HEIGHTS, THE RICHARDSON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, BE IN, BE IN WALKABLE DISTANCE.

SO I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING.

I THINK WE'LL STILL PULL FROM, I THINK WE'LL STILL MAINTAIN OUR DESTINATION, UM, SPACE.

OKAY.

I WOULD, I WOULD COMMENT, I'M, I HAVE NEVER BEEN A COFFEE DRINKER , SO, SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND COFFEE SHOPS, UH, NEARLY AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS ROOM, .

BUT, UH, I DO UNDERSTAND THE KIND OF APPEAL THAT YOU HAVE CREATED.

IT'S NOT JUST COFFEE.

SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY A LOT MORE THAN COFFEE FOR SURE.

GOOD.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER ROBERTS.

SO, UH, HEY COLE.

HI.

I HAD THE, UH, I HAD THE, UM, I GUESS THE LOCK TO COME TO THE RICHARDSON CITY COUNCIL MEETING LAST NIGHT IN THIS VERY ROOM.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA WAS, UH, COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT COMMISSION.

IT'S A NEW BOARD THAT WAS AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND I'M JUST STRUCK BY LISTENING TO YOU TALK AND HOW MUCH WHAT YOU'RE DOING KIND OF ENVISIONS OR IS THE VISION OF THIS NEW BOARD THAT WAS, UH, CONSTITUTED BY CITY COUNCIL.

SO, UM, I JUST THINK IT'S GREAT.

I THINK YOU FOUND A GREAT SPOT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST, UH, I HOPE, HOPE FOR THE BEST.

THANK YOU.

AND I THINK WHAT'S REALLY SPECIAL I IS, UH, RICHARDSON IS IN ITSELF IS EXTREMELY UNIQUE AND I'VE BEEN A PART OF A LOT OF COFFEE SHOP OPENINGS AND THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL, THE MOST DIVERSE.

AND WHAT WE ARE IS NOT ONLY TESTAMENT TO WHAT I'VE BUILT, BUT IT REALLY IS TESTAMENT TO WHO RICHARDSON IS.

AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT, CONTINUING AND GROWING AT A SPACE THAT ALLOWS US TO DO SO.

SO CITY COUNCIL HAS ROLLED OUT A WHOLE NEW BOARD TO, UM, PROMOTE JUST WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THAT'S AMAZING.

SO IT LINES VERY WELL.

YEAH, IT'S AMAZING.

COMMISSIONER PURDY, THANK YOU.

NICOLE, CAN YOU SHARE ANY MORE IDEAS THAT YOU'RE HOPING TO UNLOCK IN THIS NEW SPACE? REALLY LIKE THE EXTRA STORAGE IN THE WALK UP WINDOW, BUT ARE THERE MORE THINGS THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH IN THIS SPACE THAT YOU COULDN'T, LIKE DRONE COFFEE DELIVERY? I DON'T EVEN WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

, BUT YOU DID .

UM, I REALLY THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS HAVING A KITCHEN.

UM, THAT REALLY ADDS A LOT TO, UM, IT IS RARE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS SOMEONE WHO CONSIDERS MYSELF FIRST A COMMUNITY BUILDER AND THEN A BUSINESS OWNER, UM, WHICH SOMETIMES HURTS ME, BUT THAT'S FINE , BUT IT'S RARE THAT I'M ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE.

BUT HAVING A KITCHEN AND BEING ABLE TO, TO MAKE FOOD THERE REALLY DOES HELP, LIKE, UH, PUSH SALES AND, AND HELPS JUST KEEP THE DOORS OPEN.

SO BEING ABLE TO, TO COOK FOOD ON SITE IS PROBABLY, UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADDITIONS THAT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE.

UM, IN THIS DAY AND TIME IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF COFFEE SHOP OWNER FRIENDS AND, UM, THEY STRUGGLE ONLY DOING COFFEE AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR THREE YEARS AND SO THIS IS EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, EXPAND OUR OFFERINGS A LITTLE BIT AND HELP OUR BOTTOM LINE.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH.

AND WE'LL TOUCH BASE LATER ABOUT COFFEE DELIVERY, WHATEVER YOU JUST SAID, .

I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GET ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT DRONES, WHICH WE, UH, WE DEALT WITH ALREADY.

UM, HOW ABOUT THE MURALS? IS IS, IS THAT REALLY GONNA HAPPEN? I MEAN, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE CONCEPTS OR RIGHT.

WE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE IT TOO.

I, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO STAYCATION, YOU KNOW, I AM A HUGE FAN OF COLOR, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO JUST PULL IN, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH OF NATURE AND AS MUCH OF COLOR AS, AS I CAN INTO A CONCEPT.

AND SO, UM, THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO DO MURALS ON THAT BACK SPACE.

THAT

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SO.

AND HAVE YOU DEFINED WHAT THE SHADE, UH, CANOPY IS GONNA BE MADE OF YET, OR HOW IT'S GONNA BE CONSTRUCTED? I HAVE NOT, THAT'S ONE OF THE TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT I WOULD HAVE TO, YEAH.

THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH MY ARCHITECT ON.

YEAH.

DO WE HAVE ANY, DO YOU HAVE ANY GUIDANCE? DOES STAFF HAVE ANY GUIDANCE ON THAT OR, UM, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE MY CODE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THE, UM, THE, THE WEST SPRING VALLEY CORRIDOR PD PLAN HAS, UH, THE LAST HALF OF IT IS BASICALLY A DESIGN BOOK, AND IT DOES HAVE SOME, UM, GUIDANCE AS FAR AS LIKE, UM, LISTING OF, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDED MATERIALS LIKE CANVAS AND, UM, MINUS IF YOU'RE DOING SHADE STRUCTURE OR SHADE CELLS, SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

SO THERE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME GUIDANCE IN THE OKAY.

THE CODE.

GOOD.

GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE MAY BRING YOU BACK AFTER WE FINISH WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU.

SO, UH, THIS IS, UH, A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYBODY'S WELCOME TO COME FORWARD.

UH, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE ALL, ALL HAVE THE SAME MESSAGE, WHICH I'M THINKING MOST OF YOU DO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, IF WE COULD CONSOLIDATE THAT INTO A FEW SPOKESPERSONS.

I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THEY DID NOT INTEND TO SPEAK.

UH, WE'VE GOT, I THINK WE HAD 34 COMMENT CARDS, UH, LETTERS, AND ROUGHLY 32 OF THOSE WERE IN FAVOR AND, UH, TWO WERE NEUTRAL.

SO I DIDN'T SEE ANY IN OPPOSITION FROM THE, THE, THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED.

UH, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND, UH, WE WELCOME, UH, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COME FORWARD OR IF YOU WANNA CALL SOME NAMES.

OKAY.

I'M APRIL ANDERSON.

I'M NOT APRIL, BUT I WAS COMING FORWARD WHEN .

OKAY.

OKAY.

MY NAME IS PAULA STEIN AND I LIVE ON JAMES DRIVE AND I'VE VISITED STAYCATION AND I LOVE IT, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, AND I'M ASKING QUESTIONS BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

THE OCCUPANCY OF THIS NEW BUILDING IS, WILL BE, HOW MANY DO YOU KNOW? HAVE ANY IDEA? WELL, UM, AGAIN, UH, THIS IS JUST PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, OKAY.

SO, UH, WELL, THAT, THAT THE COMMENT YEAH.

STATE YOUR CONCERN, THEN WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE A WHEN COME BACK, THE OCCUPANCY AND THE PARKING FOR THE AREA.

SO WILL THEY BE PARKING ACROSS THE STREET OR, BECAUSE WHAT A PARKING SPACES, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE OCCUPANCY IS, I'M JUST CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, LIVING ACROSS THE STREET OR DOWN THE STREET, YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE WOULD BE PARKING, THAT IS LIKE THE ONLY THING.

AND I THOUGHT YOU WOULD COVER MORE OR ASK MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

SO SINCE YOU DIDN'T, THAT'S THE CONCERN OR COMMENT THAT I HAVE.

OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT.

BUT HAS ANYBODY TALKED ABOUT THAT, UH, NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING THE EXTENDED HOURS? IF UM, THE TRUCK YARD COMES THE PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE THAT.

SO WHERE WOULD THE PEOPLE PARK? SO THAT'S MY COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SHE COMES UP TO GO AHEAD AND JUST READ THIS.

OKAY.

ARE YOU APRIL? I'M NOT APRIL.

THAT'S APRIL OVER THERE.

I'M ONE.

WOULD YOU APRIL 1ST? YES.

YES.

, WE'RE ALL FIGHTING TO TALK AND THEN YOU NEED TO FOLLOW, PLEASE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS APRIL ANDERSON.

I LIVE AT 1111 MORNINGSTAR TRAIL ON THE EAST SIDE, .

SO I JUST WANTED, SAY I'M ON THE EAST SIDE.

WE ARE VERY SAD TO LOSE.

I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THIS WITHOUT CRYING, BUT TO LOSE STAYCATION WHERE IT IS, BECAUSE IT JUST MEANS SO MUCH AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN COFFEE.

I ALSO DON'T DRINK COFFEE ANYMORE.

CAN'T HAVE CAFFEINE ANYMORE.

SO, UH, TRY THE MATCHA, TRY THE LAVENDER TEAS TRY.

SHE HAS SO MANY CONCOCTIONS, THEY'LL ALWAYS COME UP WITH SOMETHING.

BUT I THINK THAT THE, UH, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH'S DIAPER CHANGER, KARMA 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A, A DIAPER CHANGER IN ONE OF THE BATHROOMS IS WHAT MOVED IT TO THE WEST SIDE.

BUT , UM, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE YARD BECAUSE MY SON HAS TAKEN ALL OF HIS BIRTHDAY PICTURES THERE.

UH, SHE ALLOWS PEOPLE TO COME IN AND HAVE OUR FAMILIES THERE AND HAVE COMMUNITY THERE.

I HAVE GONE ON RETREATS WITH PEOPLE I DIDN'T KNOW FROM A GROUP CALLED DON'T BE STRANGERS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT NICOLE INVITES INTO HER, INTO HER ESTABLISHMENT.

I HAVE STARTED A BUSINESS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SO INSPIRED BY WHAT NICOLE HAS DONE.

I HAVE

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I HAVE ASKED HER WHERE YOU BUY THE CHAIRS.

UM, AND NONE OF THIS INVOLVES COFFEE.

SHE MAKES YOU SIT DOWN WITH PEOPLE YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH.

SHE BRINGS IN POLICE OFFICERS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH REGULAR PEOPLE WHEN THERE IS CONFLICT.

SHE BRINGS IN EVERY GROUP YOU CAN AND SAYS, SIT TOGETHER, HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE, TALK IT OUT.

AND I'VE TAKEN THAT INTO MY REAL LIFE MORE THAN JUST BEING IN A COFFEE HOUSE.

AND FROM THE MOMENT ANYONE WALKS INTO STAYCATION, YOU ARE A PART OF OUR STAYCATION.

SO LIKE WHEN WE HEARD STAYCATION WAS MOVING, MY PHONE BLEW UP 'CAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, YOUR STAYCATION.

AND I WAS LIKE, I'M NOT, I DON'T OWN IT.

THAT'S FINE.

UM, AND I JUST THINK THAT TO ALLOW NICOLE TO LET HER VISION COME TRUE, WHATEVER SHE DOES WITH IT IS GOING TO BE SPECIAL.

AND WE WILL GET OVER THE TREE AND WE WILL GET OVER THE YARD AND WE'LL GET OVER EVERYTHING.

'CAUSE IT'S NICOLE THAT MAKES IT THAT WAY.

UM, AND I'M ON THE BOARD OF NORTH COLLEGE PARK AS WELL AND THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD TOLD ME, PLEASE SAY ALL THE THINGS YOU NEED TO SAY FOR NICOLE.

SO THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

MERRICK, I CAN'T READ YOUR WRITING.

PAR PAREL OR DOCHE .

I'M MERRICK PORTU.

OKAY.

I LIVE AT FIVE DORAL PLACE, RICHARDSON, TEXAS.

UM, I AM THE OWNER OF ARTIST UPRISING STUDIOS, WHICH CURRENTLY OPERATES OUT OF THIS LOCATION.

UM, AND WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE NICOLE TAKE OUR SPACE IF THIS ENDS UP GETTING APPROVED.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT CAN BE KIND OF BROUGHT BACK FROM YOU GUYS, BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE ZONING THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE UNDER THE STUDIO JURISDICTION, I GUESS, IS THAT THE, THE, OUR PARKING LOT IS SPECIFIC TO, UM, THE STUDIO.

BUT, UM, WHEN WE WENT, WHEN I KIND OF WENT THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS A FEW YEARS AGO TO REVITALIZE IT FROM A OLD CAR , YOU KNOW, IT WAS VACANT FOR MAYBE 19 YEARS.

UM, BUT WHEN, WHEN I KIND OF WENT IN TO RESTORE IT TO, UM, A STUDIO, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT IF IT WAS EVER ZONED FOR, UM, RESTAURANT OR RETAIL, THAT THE PARKING LOT THAT WAS ACROSS, UM, BEHIND, UM, THE TRUCK YARD WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY KIND OF ALL OPEN TO THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS GOING ON.

SO, UM, THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME BECAUSE I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL TO DO SOME KIND OF AN ART FESTIVAL OR SOME KIND OF MUSIC OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT, UM, WE DEFINITELY KNOW THE MUSIC DECIBEL LEVEL AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO KIND OF KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE A HOUSE.

AND SO WE TRY TO TREAT IT KIND OF LIKE IT'S A RESIDENTIAL, UM, BUSINESS IN AND OF ITSELF.

AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, THAT AS WE'RE TRANSITIONING OUT OF THAT STAYCATION IS A HOUSE.

IT'S LIKE A HOME.

IT, IT LITERALLY FITS INTO A BUILDING THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE A HOME.

AND SO I THINK FROM, UM, SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIGHTING AND THE MUSIC, I THINK THAT YOU JUST KIND OF NATURALLY BRING A VERY AMBIENT, UM, SOOTHING SENSE TO, TO THE AREA.

UM, SO THAT'S JUST ALL MY COMMENTS.

.

THANK YOU.

THANK JAMIE RASMUS.

JAMIE RASMUS.

HI, I'M JAMIE RASMUS.

I LIVE AT 4 2 8 FRANCIS WAY.

I AM A ARTIST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I HAVE DONE SOME ART PROJECTS HERE AT THE OLD STAYCATION.

UM, THE THING THAT I REALLY LOVED ABOUT THE PLACE WAS THE WAY THAT IT WAS CULTIVATED FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER.

IT'S CULTIVATED FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES, UH, SMALL SCALE STUFF, BUT IT'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL TO HAVE A COMMUNITY WHERE I CAN GO AS AN ARTIST AND MEET OTHER ARTISTS AND, UM, KIND OF BRAINSTORM AND GET, GET IDEAS FLOWING.

AND NICOLE REALLY PROVIDES THAT FOR THE AREA.

AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE WITH EVERY, UM, COFFEE SHOP, BUT I HAVE FOUND THAT TO BE TRUE AT HER COFFEE SHOP.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WE AS ARTISTS WOULD WANT IS LIKE HERE AT THIS NEW LOCATION.

THE YARD IS EXCELLENT AND I HAVE KIDS WHO HAVE GONE FROM PRESCHOOL TO ELEMENTARY AT THE OTHER STAYCATION, AND I KNOW THE BACKYARD HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GOOD PLACE FOR THEM TO PLAY.

SO ON BEHALF OF ARTISTS AND MOMS, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU.

HI, MY NAME IS ALICIA OPING AND I LIVE AT 7 35 GREENLEAF DRIVE.

I AM THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR A LOCAL NONPROFIT CALLED ALL MOMS, UM, A HEIGHTS PARK RESIDENT AND AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER AT RICHARD HUDSON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY

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UM, AS SOMEONE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY, I'VE SEEN HOW STAYCATION CREATES CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NEIGHBORS THROUGH THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL MOMS. THEY'VE HOSTED FAMILY EVENTS, UM, UH, COLLABORATED ON DIAPER DRIVES, SUPPORTING LOCAL MOTHERS IN NEED, AND CREATED A SPACE WHERE FAMILIES NA NATURALLY GATHER AND CONNECT.

STAYCATION WILL GIVE OUR COMMUNITY A THIRD PLACE THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT'S NOT HOME OR WORK, BUT SOMEWHERE WE CAN ALL COME TOGETHER AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER.

AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR FAMILY FOCUSED NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS.

A PLACE THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WELCOMES NEW FAMILIES.

AND SO, UM, GIVEN NICOLE'S PROVEN COMMITMENT TO SERVING OUR CITY, I URGE YOU TO APPROVE.

THANKS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

HELLO, MY NAME IS DR.

KIANI NAKA.

I LIVE AT 3 2 0 9 HEATHER BROOK DRIVE IN PLANO AS I'M ORIGINALLY FROM NEW YORK CITY.

PLEASE DON'T MAKE FOOT OF MY ACCENT, I PROMISE YOU I'M NOT A MOBSTER.

HAVING A SPACE FOR, UH, AS A TRANSPLANT AND TO FEEL LIKE, HOW WOULD YOU SAY WELCOMED IN THAT SPACE AND TO HAVE A VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAT FEEL WELCOMED IN THAT SPACE IS SOMETIMES A BIT HIT OR MISS.

AND STAYCATION IS A PLACE THAT'S FANTASTIC FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO FROM THE CITY AND PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW TO THE CITY.

AND SO THAT'S QUITE LUCRATIVE, I THINK.

UM, THE OTHER PART IS YOU'VE NOTICED THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CREATIVES THAT HAVE COME UP HERE AND THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK ONE THING THAT'S REALLY UNDERSTATED ABOUT WHAT I WOULD SAY, LIKE WHAT I WOULD CALL LIKE, I GUESS LIKE THE CREATIVE CLASS OR CREATIVE SPACES IN ANY CITY, IS THAT THOSE ARE THE SPACES THAT BREATHE LIFE INTO A CITY.

THOSE ARE THE SPACES THAT BRING NEW IDEAS INTO A CITY.

AND THOSE ARE THE SPACES THAT AGAIN, MAKE, UM, UH, UM, A LOCATION INTERESTING AND, AND FUN TO BE AROUND.

AND ALSO QUITE LUCRATIVE IF YOU THINK OF ANY PLACE LIKE DESIGN DISTRICT, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE LIKE HER STAYCATIONS, LIKE THE DESIGN DISTRICT OF RICHARDSON, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.

YOU KNOW, SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO PUT THAT ALL OUT THERE.

AND ESPECIALLY AS A PSYCHOLOGIST, THIS, UH, KIND OF LIKE MIXTURE OF FOLKS AND IDEAS AND THEM ALL MERGING TOGETHER IS VERY RARE.

MOST PEOPLE ARE LIVE IN A SILOED WORLD SOCIALLY.